--- title: Wait, what made the baby stop screaming? — Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and th… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what made the baby stop screaming? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: Jo… Wait, what made the baby stop screaming? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, baby stop · **What happens:** wait, make, scream · **To what, where:** baby stop This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/651-pg23661-part19/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t10:1 # text = Wait, what made the baby stop screaming? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 screaming scream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | | the baby stop | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material stop=Product | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | the baby stop *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the dragon purring at it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t10:o1:1 # text = the dragon purring at it 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 purring purr VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* | | | | | at dragon | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at it=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} the dragon's soft purr and its warm breath on the cold floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t10:o2:1 # text = the dragon's soft purr and its warm breath on the cold floor 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 purr purr NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** | | the dragon | | | | | | nom purr «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} the dragon hugging it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t10:o3:1 # text = the dragon hugging it 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 hugging hug VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hug** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* | dragon | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} the dragon rocking it gently in its wings and humming softly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t10:o4:1 # text = the dragon rocking it gently in its wings and humming softly 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 rocking rock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 gently gently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 humming hum VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 conj _ _ 11 softly softly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rock** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* | dragon | | dragon's wings | | gently *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **hum** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* | | | | | softly *property* | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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